Soar through an exhilarating afternoon of music, lifting you to new heights of musical discovery. You’ll not only get to enjoy the music but also commentary from Music Director Laureate Carl St.Clair ...
Even those of us willing to confess our antipathy to Brahms - all that repressed emotion hiding behind such stolid, backward-looking classicism - have to take a step back when confronted by the Fourth ...
The character of the Fourth Symphony has been described as autumnal. Even if it weren't the last of Brahms' symphonies, the description would fit, for surely none of the others presents the same ...
(4) Ernste Gesänge, 'Four Serious Songs' Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra Olari Elts, Conductor Johannes Brahms, Composer Michael Nagy, Baritone Weites Land (Distant Land) Olari Elts, Conductor Detlev ...
Every conductor wants to make their mark on the four symphonies of Brahms – recently Riccardo Chailly at the Barbican, currently Andris Nelsons at the Southbank – and then, if they have the chance, ...
Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 revels in dusky enchantments, diabolical dances, and frisky folk tunes. In the festive Burlesque finale, Stravinskyan riffs consort with Jewish folk tunes.